Articles by The Linux Foundation

The Myth of the Freeloading User

Article Source Community-cation June 1, 2009, 1:37 pm A few years back, when I was volunteering at a local hospital’s front desk, a delivery courier came in and asked where the lab was, since he had a rush delivery. As I started to give...  Read More
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Memorial Day BBQ

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog May 26, 2009, 4:00 pm I’ve always liked the demotivational posters from despair.com a lot more than those inane motivational ones. And this one obviously hits close to home. So what do our neighbors...  Read More
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Gurus: Now with Extra Points Inside

As we approach the Memorial Day holiday weekend here in the US, I didn’t want to leave without mentioning some additions to our Guru Points system. When we started the site, it was clear that there were many untapped opportunities for...  Read More
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It Starts Small...

Even launching something as big as Linux.com, it’s the little things that mean the most as the site enters its second full week of operation. Late last week, we received the first community contributed article on Linux.com. The article was...  Read More
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Defining a New Community

Article Source Community-cation May 14, 2009, 12:45 pm ¬â So far, the response to the new Linux.com has been really positive and, save for a few glitches here and there, we’ve¬â been very happy with how the launch has gone thus far. As...  Read More
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More reading...

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog May 11, 2009, 6:07 pm So in between testing -rc5 on all the machines I can find (and in the process being a total PITA when I find just configuration idiocies and a random “my wireless doesn’t work –...  Read More
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Peeve of the day

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog May 4, 2009, 9:33 am Ok, so I have lots of pet peeves, and if I wanted to blog them all I’d have no time for anything else (and a lot more blog posts than the occasional one), but this one struck me the...  Read More
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LinuxCon Keynote Speakers Announced

The conference takes place September 21 ‚Äì 23, 2009 in Portland, Oregon at the Marriott Downtown Waterfront, and is co-located with the Linux Plumbers Conference. The LinuxCon keynotes represent both community and industry in keeping with...  Read More
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Mapping Open Source

Article Source Community-cation April 21, 2009, 6:51 am I have a confession to make: I am a map geek. Even my friends may find this a bit of a surprise; it’s not something I generally advertise. Not out of any particular need to keep it...  Read More
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Portraits of Linux

Article Source Brian Proffitt’s Blog March 27, 2009, 8:42 am I was wandering through the mall the other day with my youngest, while her older tween sister was off with a friend in a nearby store, shopping. Going to the mall is a painful...  Read More
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SSD followup

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog March 18, 2009, 10:50 am I wrote a couple of months ago how the Intel SSD’s were the only ones on the market that seemed to be worth buying – all the cheaper ones were unusable due to having horrible...  Read More
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New logo

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog March 18, 2009, 11:13 am So 2.6.29 isn’t quite out yet, but I’ve merged the new Tuz logo, so now my laptop boots up with two of these guys showing. See an earlier post about the plush version of this...  Read More
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Advocacy at the Speed of Light

Article Source Brian Proffitt’s Blog March 13, 2009, 7:27 am I was catching up with a friend of mine yesterday, and he asked me how things were going with my new job at the Linux Foundation. (It’s been a while since we talked.) read more  Read More
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Journey to the New Linux.com

Article Source Brian Proffitt’s Blog March 4, 2009, 8:39 am Since yesterday, quite a few folks have called or e-mailed me to find out just what exactly we at the Linux Foundation have planned for the new Linux.com site. The big question:...  Read More
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